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Part of International Trade – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 February 2018.

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Photo of Greg Hands Greg Hands The Minister of State, Department for International Trade 12:00, 22 February 2018

My hon. Friend is a fine and upstanding voice for the Black country. He will know that manufacturing experienced a 2.8% growth rate over the past year. Leaving the customs union provides an opportunity to enhance that growth, particularly as manufacturing exports outside the EU are growing so fast.